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.Every April Fools' Day, my boyfriend joined his childhood friend in the same cruel prank, pretending to propose to me. Last year, I slipped the ring onto my finger, my heart full of hope. Suddenly, the mechanism snapped tight. Pain shot through my hand, and I cried out. He apologized afterward and promised that, this year, the proposal would be real. As such, I arrived carefully dressed, believing him. Instead, I was met with a face full of cake. He reached out gently, wiping the cream from my face as if it were nothing more than a harmless joke. However, this time, I took a step back. After six disappointments, I chose to walk away. So why was it that, in the end, he was the one consumed by regret?

Jessica Parker transmigrates into a novel as the vicious supporting female lead—the true heiress. She has a system that grants her the ability to modify the original story.Her mission: stay true to the villainess persona, play out key plot points, change her cannon fodder fate, and survive until the finale.

Whitney, the heiress of Sherwood Group, thought marrying Tyrone was a journey of love, only to find herself trapped in a hellish nightmare. First, she was unjustly imprisoned, then ruthlessly crippled. Tyrone appeared indifferent to Whitney's suffering, but when a tragic fire claimed her life, his heart inexplicably hollowed. Yet, a month later, a woman bearing an uncanny resemblance to Whitney appeared at a lavish banquet, introducing herself as "Anna." With a smile as radiant as it was deceitful, she cunningly captivated Tyrone, beginning to spin a web of vengeance...

.Every April Fools' Day, my boyfriend joined his childhood friend in the same cruel prank, pretending to propose to me. Last year, I slipped the ring onto my finger, my heart full of hope. Suddenly, the mechanism snapped tight. Pain shot through my hand, and I cried out. He apologized afterward and promised that, this year, the proposal would be real. As such, I arrived carefully dressed, believing him. Instead, I was met with a face full of cake. He reached out gently, wiping the cream from my face as if it were nothing more than a harmless joke. However, this time, I took a step back. After six disappointments, I chose to walk away. So why was it that, in the end, he was the one consumed by regret?

Five years ago, on a blood moon night, Ruth, a hotel maid, stumbled into the room of Arthur, the Vampire King. Bound by the pull of soulmates, they shared one night, and Ruth fled the next morning. Now, Ruth is a desperate single mother whose half-vampire son, Leo, suffers from a rare ""photophobia"" illness that requires a fortune to treat. When a chance encounter brings her to Arthur's castle for a high-paying job, he instantly recognizes his mate. Furious at her disappearance, he coldly torments her, but she endures it all for her son's life. When Ruth's greedy aunt sells Leo to the extreme ""Exorcism Courtyard,"" Arthur, sensing his bloodline in danger, arrives just in time to witness Ruth shielding their son with her own body. He shatters their defenses with a roar: ""Who dares touch my son!"" The family is united. From protecting his wife and child from a jealous noblewoman to showering them with absolute devotion, Arthur proves that for the ones he loves, he will destroy anyone who stands in their way. Their story ends in a grand wedding and a long-awaited happily ever after.

Three days before my wedding, Adrian canceled it for the fifty-second time. He came to the Palermo workshop to approve my gown’s crest embroidery, but the moment I stepped out from the fitting curtain, he snatched up his holster and radio. “Torino bastards smashed Bianca’s vineyard, surrounded the estate. Lia’s terrified, so I have to go. The wedding is off.” Once, I would have stopped him and demanded to know who mattered more to him, me or Bianca. This time, I simply let him go. Thirty minutes later, Bianca posted an Instagram Story: [You’re the only shelter for me and my daughter.] The photo showed Adrian holding Bianca close, with Lia in his arms, calling him Dad. They looked like a real family. My parents sighed. “Seraphina, is the wedding in Hawaii off again? We’ve already sent the invitations to every renowned Italian family. What will this do to the Bellini family’s honor?” I shook my head, tapping the backup invite. "The wedding goes on. In three days, I’ll still be a bride. Just not Adrian’s."

A wealthy matriarch searches the streets for a bride for her son, offering a “trial marriage” with a seven-day return policy. Sam Shaw, the heir to a powerful family, suffers from a mysterious condition that makes any woman he touches break out in allergic reaction. When Sam and Julia Lawson, an orphan raised by the Frost family, are both drugged, Julia pays 100,000 dollars for a stranger’s company to protect Tim Frost’s reputation, never realizing the man she’s gotten involved with is Sam Shaw. Soon, Julia finds herself pregnant with a miraculous child whose inner voice can be heard by the entire family, turning her into the Shaw family’s greatest blessing.

In 1911, amid New York's Gilded Age, Evelyn Hart, a rural English schoolteacher, voyages across the ocean for love, only to suffer betrayal at the hands of her fiancé Thomas. On the ocean liner, she comes to the rescue of Julian Kane, a mysterious wounded man, and agrees to a marriage of convenience with him when left with nowhere to turn. Little does she know he is the heir to the Kane family empire, commanding railways, shipping and steel. What begins as a reclusive tycoon hiding his true identity blossoms into a tender romance. As workplace clashes and taunts from her old rival mount, affection grows between them, while the truth of his identity slowly surfaces amid the unfolding drama.

A widowed countrywoman, Tina, is sent by her mother-in-law to bear a child for another family, but she enters the wrong room and ends up pregnant with quadruplets by Ian, a capable hunter. As they grow closer, Ian falls for her. He teaches her to defy fate while repeatedly asking who the real father of her children is.

At the birthday party for my Mafia husband, Galvan, I touched one of his blood-stained cufflinks and suddenly gained the ability to read minds. I read Galvan's thoughts. He was thinking, "Tracy's body is so tempting. Much better than my cold wife." Tracy, his employee, was with her broke boyfriend, Reuben. Her thoughts dripped with contempt, "Reuben is useless. His gifts were cheap. Once I dump him, I’ll be with Galvan." Interestingly, Reuben, the supposedly worthless boyfriend, was actually thinking, "My father's test is almost done. How do I tell Tracy I'm the heir to the largest Mafia family?" Fascinating. Galvan, the man I stood by, appeared wealthy on the outside, but the true heir was treated poorly. I lifted my wine glass and elegantly approached the penniless Reuben.

Lyra Hart, a writer, is trapped inside her own novel and must complete system tasks to survive.Confident it’d be easy, she’s shocked when the male lead, Evander Travan, suddenly gains the ability to hear her thoughts. One fights to stay alive,the other to uncover the truth, as they navigate a chaotic married life.

A wealthy matriarch searches the streets for a bride for her son, offering a “trial marriage” with a seven-day return policy. Sam Shaw, the heir to a powerful family, suffers from a mysterious condition that makes any woman he touches break out in allergic reaction. When Sam and Julia Lawson, an orphan raised by the Frost family, are both drugged, Julia pays 100,000 dollars for a stranger’s company to protect Tim Frost’s reputation, never realizing the man she’s gotten involved with is Sam Shaw. Soon, Julia finds herself pregnant with a miraculous child whose inner voice can be heard by the entire family, turning her into the Shaw family’s greatest blessing.

Once the prestigious heiress of North Group, her life took a devastating turn with a failed marriage, resulting in the loss of her entire family and loved ones.Upon her release from jail, she resolves to confront her ex-husband and his mistress, bringing to light the truth from two years ago to clear her father's name.

In her past life, Stella begged the Smith family for affection her entire life but never received even a shred of it. They broke her hands, stole her company, and in the end, Wendy Smith ran her over and killed her. After rebirth, Stella leaves behind a massive sum of money, severs all ties with the Smith family, and reunites with her real father, billionaire tycoon Ben Harrison. Ben becomes utterly devoted to his daughter, showering her with endless love. The heir of the Fenton family falls for Stella at first sight and vows to marry no one else. Using cutting-edge technology, Stella heals herself and reclaims everything she lost in her previous life. The Smith family is left completely stunned, begging Stella to come back and be part of their family again. Stella just laughs in their faces.

Traveled into an interstellar shifter novel as the hated villainess! Bound to a dating system, Queena has to romance 6 hostile commanders to survive. She just wants to earn points to peace out and live the high life, but all 6 guys fall hard. Now they're blocking her door, yelling: "You romanced us and dipped? What about us?!"

The apocalypse arrives. Zombie hordes swallow cities, and starvation does the rest. Veteran soldier Leon Reed activates the Apocalypse Bunker System, beginning with nothing but a welding torch and a modified harvester, and breaks ground on Dusk Farm. While the rest of humanity stumbles toward extinction, he grows anti-toxin wheat inside bulletproof greenhouses and eats hotpot for dinner.Leon stockpiles supplies, raises walls, and draws in the talented and the desperate, upgrading his farm step by step into a steel fortress bristling with heavy weapons and piloted Titan mechs. The wasteland treats him as an anomaly. He treats the wasteland as farmland.

Once the prestigious heiress of North Group, her life took a devastating turn with a failed marriage, resulting in the loss of her entire family and loved ones.Upon her release from jail, she resolves to confront her ex-husband and his mistress, bringing to light the truth from two years ago to clear her father's name.

Tristen Bolton is a broke bricklayer mocked by everyone—until his billionaire CEO boss Gisele Duvall’s daughter suddenly points at him and calls him “Daddy.” A matching necklace reveals the truth Gisele has searched for six years: Tristen may be the father of her little girl. With Gisele’s family forcing her toward another man, can this “nobody” rise up and claim the queen, the daughter, and the life that should have been his?